The workshop was attended by HE Dr. Abdulrahman Abdul Mannan Al Awar, Director General of the Authority, and dozens of HR and legal affairs directors and officials in the ministries and federal entities. HE Aisha Al Suwaidi, Executive Director of HR Policies Sector, reviewed the key features of the new regulations, while Hamad Buamim, Director of Policies and Legal Affairs shed light on a special workshop plan prepared by the Authority to train federal entities on implementing the new regulations.

In his speech, HE Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Awar explained that the Executive Regulations of Human Law in the Federal Government constitute a basic building block in the federal government's human capital management system, which the government seeks to establish. It ensures the administrative flexibility targeted by the legislator and unifies the concept of human resources at the level of the Federal Government.

“It aims to unify the legal principles, which regulate human resources function in the ministries and federal bodies in line with the general concepts contained in HR Law of the Federal Government”, he noted.

He added: “The workshop comes as part of the Authority's keenness to ensure proper application of human resources systems, legislation and policies at the Federal Government level. We are preparing to hold a series of training workshops for the employees of legal and human resources departments in all ministries and federal entities implementing the Executive Regulations”.

Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Awar noted that the present amendment is the third of its kind on HR Law and its Executive Regulations within eight years, which confirms the keenness of the wise UAE leadership to keep abreast of the dynamic development and rapid changes the country witnessing in various fields. “This is clearly reflected in adopting innovative legislation and human resources systems at the Federal Government level, which will increase efficiency of employees of ministries and federal bodies, and raise their satisfaction and happiness, as well as create an attractive working environment that encourages talent attraction and retention”, HE said.

Aisha Al Suwaidi, Executive Director of HR Policies said that the new Executive Regulations of HR Law in the Federal Government, published in the latest issue of the Official Gazette, became effective in early February, and contains 135 Articles and over 14 chapters.

She said: “The provisions of the regulations apply to civil servants in the federal entities, including those which their own independent human resource regulations by establishing laws. It is worth mentioning that these regulations do not apply to employees of the federal bodies that are exempted by the Council of Ministers.

“The HR departments in the ministries and federal bodies are responsible for implementing the HR strategic objectives and initiatives within the strategic plan of the federal entity closely linked to the Government strategy. HR department should therefore, implement the provisions stipulated in the Decree Law and the Cabinet Resolution, and all organizational units concerned in each federal entity must refer to the department in all technical matters related to human resources”.

HE Aisha Al Suwaidi pointed out that the Authority has completed the electronic procedures necessary to activate the provisions of the regulations through re-engineering the HR Management Information System in the Federal Government "BAYANATI", in terms of aspects related to the amendments made to the regulations. These included types of employment contracts, extension of transfer and secondment periods, amendment of provisions on various types of leave, in addition to amendments covering punitive measures, administrative violations and mechanism for calculating the end of service benefits for non-nationals.